What to use for a fridge cover?

Hi Road Warrior I made an insulated cover for my Waeco, outer layer white vynel canvas inner layer I used an old sleeping bag for the insulating material, just sewed the two together worked for me.

at various times i've used polystrene foam, blanket and a pillow on top :)

whatever you use, just make sure you keep the air vents clear ( and allow some room around the air vents from adjacent 'stuff' ). and keep the direct sun off any part of the fridge.
if you use a pillow, after it's been running for a couple of hours, stick your hand between the pillow and the top of the fridge. it's very noticable how much insulation the pillow provides and how cool it is.
certainly proves the insulation properties lacking in most fridges.

I made a 1/2 cover for the front and one side of my fridge from the front and back of a large coolite box.
I covered the coolite with canvas from an old tent, you can't use some contact adhesives to attach the coolite to the canvas, that is why it only has one side now, it eats up (dissolves) the coolite grrr.

I then made a lid cover the same way that sits over two edges of the lid so it stays in place when driving and because my fridge has two different height top surfaces it was made to cover them both, now the surface is level so can be used for many things.

It's there to protect the frontal area from things that get thrown up against the fridge from time to time.

Maîneÿ . . .

What about making the outer layer from sunsheild reflector material? Don't know how easy this would be to sew with but it does the same job you will be asking the fridge cover to do, so should be appropriate.

Cheers, Trevor.

I have a trailblazer.,My son has it out in the sun in the back of his ute somewhere at the moment. I is probably covered in dust.
That works fine.

go to clark rubber or upholster and gey some of that silver insulation material,(silver coverd foam) comes in 10 15 or 20mm thickness, cut out your shape and rut together with velcro so you can dissmantle it easy

I have insulated two engels with the high density foam floor mats (pack of 4 600x600mm). Costs about $20 from Bunnings, or you can get them at some camping shops. I used contact adhesive to glue them to the sides and underneath of the fridge. They look pretty good.

The other thing I used to do in the old days with the 3-way fridge was to cover the fridge with a wet towel in the heat of the day.

Thanks people. Looks like a trip to Clark Rubber may be in order.

Used one of those dense foam yoga mats cut into pieces, protects the casing as well.

When I used an older brown chescold 3 way.
I wrapped it in the 25mm white packing foam, just used hot glue to encase it sides, base, and top was removable using stick on velcro tabs around the top.

As the foam is pretty prone to impact damage, and having bits of it come off, I wrapped it in clear packing tape, so it was very durable, and easily fixed if needed.

This transformed the 3 way, as previously I could feel the sides get very cold on the outside when it was on 240v, showing the lack of insulation.

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